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🌱 Patch AM: Brandon family mourns Joan Irish Herron Beard’s passing at age 98

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β€’ Joan Beard - (arkadelphian.com) β€” Brandon residents are connected to the life of Joan Irish Herron Beard, who passed away in Brandon on September 29 and leaves behind a son and grandson living here. Services and burial will take place later this week in Arkansas, where she long served her community and church, with local family traveling to honor her memory.
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